<span style="font-variant: small-caps">d</span>-Amino Acid Substitution of α-Conotoxin RgIA Identifies its Critical Residues and Improves the Enzymatic Stability
α-Conotoxin RgIA is a selective and potent competitive antagonist of rat α9α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR), but it is much less potent towards human α9α10 nAChR. Furthermore, RgIA is susceptible to proteolytic degradation due to containing f...
Main Authors: | Jie Ren, Xiaopeng Zhu, Pan Xu, Rui Li, Ying Fu, Shuai Dong, Dongting Zhangsun, Yong Wu, Sulan Luo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-02-01
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Series: | Marine Drugs |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/17/3/142 |
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